" 'EvenThis I Get To Experience' is not just the brilliant, moving story of a man who has lived an amazing number of lives … but also a life-manual on how to live a life of depth, purpose and meaning..."

- Arianna Huffington

"This is, flat out, one of the best Hollywood memoirs ever written… An absolute treasure."

- David Pitt

"That Norman Lear can find humor in life’s darkest moments is no surprise – it’s the reason he’s been so successful throughout his more than nine decades on earth … It’s also why 'EvenThis I Get to Experience' is such a great read."

- President William J. Clinton

"Norman Lear could never write a more dramatic, touching, or funnier tale of his life than he’s done here."

- Carl Reiner

"Norman Lear is a hero and a friend... Now that he wrote this book I can experience his journey and wisdom over and over again."

- will.i.am

"Fantastic stories from one of the wisest, most subversive, and most beautiful human beings the comedy world has ever known… This book is charming, awe-inspiring and hilarious."

- Trey Parker

"Many have known the Man behind the stories. Now all of us can know the stories behind the Man. Archie, Edith, Gloria and Meathead couldn't have told them better!"

- Bill Moyers

“Lear is one of the great storytellers. … The book is a trove of great stories brilliantly told about the worlds of television, movies, entertainment, society — and a 92-year-old-man still unashamedly looking for love from a felonious father and a mother who somehow forgot to say ‘I’m proud of you.’”

DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD

“Over the course of 92 years, Lear has led as interesting a life as anyone in Hollywood. … [He] single-handedly pivoted network television away from the saccharine comedies of the ’60s and toward his brand of biting social and political humor.”

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

“The television producer whose controversial sit-com hits virtually defined the culture of the 1970s looks back on his triumphs and vexations in this feisty, thoughtful autobiography … Lear’s knack for sizing up a flawed humanity makes for an absorbing read.”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

“Lear recounts his extraordinarily eventful life with his signature wit and irreverence. The result is not just a vividly observed and evocative portrait of a long life, but also a fascinating backstage look at the evolution of the American entertainment industry.”

KIRKUS REVIEWS

“This is, flat out, one of the best Hollywood memoirs ever written. … An absolute treasure.”

BOOKLIST

“A 92-year-old TV titan (and oh, by the way, World War II combat veteran, filmmaker and First Amendment activist) should feel entitled to cruise through a boastful victory lap in a book like this, but Lear largely resists that time-worn impulse. His deeper digging yields an impressively substantive tale.”

FORBES MAGAZINE

“While he’s willing to give up the goods — and some, such as Jerry Lewis, don’t escape unscathed — there is no sense of malice or score settling behind the anecdotes, only a wish for the truth to be known as he saw it.”

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

“The Norman Lear who emerges from ‘Even This I Get to Experience’ is engaging and unpompous, an amusing storyteller who pokes fun at himself and writes with brutal honesty about his life, especially his childhood.”

WALL STREET JOURNAL

“In this city, Norman Lear and his post-coaxial contemporaries built a mass medium with their bare hands. On good days — as Lear well recalls, and recalls well — they made it sing. If only more with their talent had lived so long; if only more who live so long had his talent.”

LOS ANGELES TIMES

“Charming, candid and copious … There is still a lot of zest, passion and whimsy in the man who taught Americans to laugh at their failings.”

NEW YORK TIMES